Capability Brown, he of parkland, trees and gardens of the Country piles of the very well-heeled cut his teeth round here.
You can read the various info about him as you might expect, but above all Kirkharle is an excellent place for coffee and cake and more, outside on a nice day or inside, and a stroll round the lake or up through the woods and back by the church. Bit of an ornithological visit yesterday. Always armed these days with the free "Merlin" app, Listens for bird song and identifies the bird.
Not many of the assembled pubilc would have noticed the great ornithological joy, being that there is a colony of Tree Sparrows nesting in the walls. Some may have wondered whats that bloke taking pictures of the wall for
These little fellows are uncommon and certainly rarer than they were. Their Chestnut Caps distingish them from the more common house sparrow.
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